NC 250
All the voices
When you consider the coming of the American Revolution to the colony of North Carolina 250 years ago, you might be tempted to take for granted the remarkable circumstances that…
Presbyterianism
branch of Protestant Christianity using presbyterian church government and originating in the British Isles
Liberty
Code Pink Has Nothing to Say About Hamas Atrocities
Haley Strack writes for National Review Online about one high-profile left-of-center women’s group and its approach to Hamas violence. Code Pink is an anti-war feminist organization founded in 2002 that…
Education
Martin Center Column Highlights Davidson Alumni Fight
Jay Schalin of the Martin Center writes about a controversy that’s motivated Davidson College alumni. At Davidson College, the frog finally realized that it’s being slowly cooked alive. As the…
Liberty
Immigrants and American capitalism
Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard focuses his latest column on the vital role immigrants have played in American capitalism. B.C. Forbes was born in Scotland. He remained a Scottish highlander to…
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The history contributing to Locke’s ideas
English philosopher John Locke put forward timeless ideas about the proper role of government, including the notion “that rights in property are the basis of human freedom and government exists…
Liberty
Needling the School System
I can probably tell you about more Presbyterian splinter groups than you can imagine, and don’t start me on Baptist sects (Disclosure: I’m a Reformed Baptist, a denomination small enough…
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Campus Police: Religious Tyrants?
The issue has spread from Campbell, Pfeiffer, and Davidson to Duke. As reported in the Durham Herald-Sun, two days ago the North Carolina Appeals Court ruled that Davidson College police…
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You're Not Drunk If the Cop is Presbyterian
Huh? Oh, nothing. Just a North Carolina Court of Appeals ruling that Davidson College campus police cannot arrest anyone for DWI because the school is officially affiliated with the Presbyterian…
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Happy Meck Dec Day. Maybe.
Is it just me being weird or is it in fact weird that the Meck Dec hoopla steadfastly avoids the religious angle to Mecklenburg’s history? The Scots-Irish Presbyterian colonists had…
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Re: Petty Needs a History Lesson
Can’t add much to Terry’s post, except to guide readers to some examples. Here are examples of private education in Randolph County (“The RC” as I affectionately call it)…
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Islam in Antebellum America
Sometimes historical scholarship tells us more about the present than about the past. The study of Omar ibn Said, I fear, is one such case. A recent exhibit at Shaw…
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Polk's Mecklenburg
In addition to trying to outline sane lobbying reform for our ongoing criminal conspiracy/state government, Field Marshall Hood has discovered a history of James Polk’s Mecklenburg experience: [Mecklenburg was] an…